title: [Current trends in the treatment of breast cancer].
abstract: Main trends in treatment of breast cancer patients are reviewed. Application of "inadequate" methods, such as radiation therapy or chemo-hormonotherapy alone, dropped from 16.2% in 1970 to 12.5% in 1977. This tendency is matched by an increasing application of combination therapy including remote gamma-therapy and megavolt radiation therapy (17.7% in 1970 v. 29.0% in 1977). Combination therapy including irradiation, surgery and chemo-and/or hormonotherapy is on upgrade; it was given to 31.2% of breast cancer patients in 1977.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000639:trends; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000639:trends; D014586:USSR
vernacular_title: Sovremennye tendentsii v lechenii bol'nykh rakom molochnoĭ zhelezy.